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The Magic of the Soul: Applying Spiritual Power to Daily Living [Paperback]

Patrick J. Harbula (Author)
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September 1, 2002
The Magic of the Soul: Applying Spiritual Power to Daily Living is a brand new book that offers 224 pages of inspirational guidance and practical techniques to create deeper levels of inner peace, fulfillment, and purpose. The book is a perfect guide for anyone interested in furthering their spiritual path, healing physical or emotional dis-ease, or achieving life dreams. The accompanying audio CD provides guided exercises to assist a daily spiritual practice.

The book was written to help integrate spiritual strength and clarity into everyday living. In an exciting narrative that includes the author's personal accounts of achieving financial success, healing from chronic illness, and realizing spiritual transformation, the text guides the reader to self-empowerment through meditation, visualization techniques, mental mastery, emotional healing, and clarification of life purpose. The Magic of the Soul is more user friendly than most in its genre. It presents helpful statements of encouragement throughout the text that are centered and highlighted, almost like the author is speaking directly to the reader. The philosophy is explained in simple and practical language. The accompanying audio CD contains meditations (accented by soothing background music) that guide the listener through many of the exercises provided in the text.

Everyone has experienced peak moments when they were at their highest levels of understanding, compassion, and mastery. The trick can be learning how to expand and reinforce these experiences through everyday living. How does one recognize and act as a custodian of spiritual force when one is presented with stress, frustration, and even tragedy? The Magic of the Soul suggests recognizing that spiritual force, the magic of each individual’s soul, is present and active in every experience. Through daily practice, people can dramatically change how they respond to life’s challenges and infuse the direction of their lives with greater peace, fulfillment, and meaning.



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Harbula's book makes the compelling promise that it will show readers how to apply spiritual power to daily life. The ingredients for spiritually powered effective living are laid out in chapters devoted to working with God, using thought, feeling, sensation and meditation. But the writing is too abstract for this to add up to a persuasive whole. The central concept that the soul has "magic" is fuzzy; the metaphor of magic overly romanticizes the disciplines of meditation, prayer, visualization, affirmation that need to be learned and then done repeatedly and often, even when they don't instantly produce desired results. The book is best and clearest when it gives readers stories, some of them quite poignant, from the life experiences of Harbula and others to illustrate life problems and resolutions. Harbula, a former tennis pro turned business executive with roots in Religious Science and transpersonal psychology, has a tale of an eclectic career, illness and healing that pops in and out of the book. However, these personal anecdotes function mostly as a proof text of his instructions for spiritual development, and should have been more fully presented. This book will be most helpful for those who are already comfortable with New Thought-style affirmation and visualization practices for developing positive thinking. Those needing step-by-step teaching may be confused by Harbula's many abstract directions ("Be aware of the untapped regions of your mind") rather than easy-to-follow instructions. An accompanying CD offers friendlier access to techniques and exercises; the voice is soothing, the background music evocative.
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About the Author

Patrick Harbula has been a spiritual teacher for over 20 years, leading workshops and yearly courses in spiritual psychology and meditation training. He founded Meditation magazine in 1986. He achieved phenomenal success in corporate management by applying spiritual principles to business strategy. He is currently the President of the Spiritual Unity Movement, a nonprofit religious corporation that presents interfaith spiritual events.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Peak Pubns (September 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0971556504
  • ISBN-13: 978-0971556508
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #426,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars simple and profound, December 23, 2002
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Kimberly R. Robinson (Oxnard, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Magic of the Soul: Applying Spiritual Power to Daily Living (Paperback)
With a wealth of spiritual books out there, Magic of the Soul does a great job bringing spirituality to practical level. It seems a perfect fit with where we are in the world today: looking for answers and knowing we have to go inside ourselves to get them. The author embraces our humanness (emotions, thought, and so on), and his own humanity and path are explored, making it easy to approach. My favorite feature, though, was the CD of meditations that comes with it. It was a great way to practice what this teacher offered!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A life changing/enhancing read, August 13, 2005
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Some times out of the blue, something comes into your life just at the right moment. This book is one of those things. It opens the door to bring back the magic in life. The information and the philosophy are provided to us and it is up to us whether we apply this knowledge to our lives or not. It is a wonderful book and a gift from the universe that I will treasure the rest of my days. I wholeheartedly recommend this book especially for those desiring to make their daily lives more than just the mundane grind.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Magic indeed!, January 28, 2003
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This review is from: The Magic of the Soul: Applying Spiritual Power to Daily Living (Paperback)
Greetings,
If you're looking for a written guide to help unlock the magic of the soul within you then Patrick Harbula's book is a must read. Filled with life-enhancing practical wisdom, the kind that only comes from personal experience, Patrick's insights and spiritual exercises are powerful and to the point. It is not enough to read about the spiritual life, it must be experienced, and the bonus CD is a perfect solution.

The Publisher Weekly's reviewer understood this when s/he wrote: "The central concept that the soul has "magic" is fuzzy; the metaphor of magic overly romanticizes the disciplines of meditation, prayer, visualization, (&) affirmation that need to be learned and then done repeatedly and often, even when they don't instantly produce desired results." Absolutely right on. Think of it as spiritual aerobics.

The difficult task for any writer with such a "fuzzy" topic like "Magic of The Soul" is the clumsiness of human language. The word hand, for instance, is familiar enough but it offers no insight into the experience of owning one. The word hand is no help in understanding the feelings involved in holding your child's hand for the first time, or the touch of a lover's caress; it's just a word--hand. How much fuzzier is the word magic? Through meditation I have experienced my soul. In that timeless moment magic takes on a whole new meaning. In my experience the soul doesn't have magic, it is magic.

Being unique we're going to experience our soul differently. Experience is the key. Practice, practice, and more practice reveals perfection everywhere. How's that for fuzzy!

As I read this book cover to cover I realized that Patrick had clearly described twenty years of my inner journey and the universal wisdom that followed on the heels of all those spiritual blisters. I always find it rewarding when a writer can so clearly capture his subject. Patrick you've done an excellent job with a very fuzzy topic. With so many meditation experiences to choose from I feel like a kid in a candy store. Thanks for such great value. The CD is a brilliant.

Blessings, Scott

Find peace within and everywhere you go, you bring a little peace of heaven to earth.

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